CURRENT JOB OPENINGS

Social Worker - Operation Divinity Program

 

Title: Social Worker/Case Manager

Reports to: Sarah Stewart, M.S.W., Lead Social Worker

Based at: Brockton Police Department

Mandatory Requirements: M.S.W. or other relevant Master’s degree in addition to LCSW, LICSW or LMHC plus a minimum of 3 years experience working with gang involved youth. Bilingual preferred in Portuguese or Cape Verdean Creole.

 

Job purpose:

A collaborative program between police officers, social workers and faith-based leaders, established to visit homes of youth who have been previously identified by Safety Task Force, their families, to include siblings, partners, spouse or children.  The team meets with both the child and parent/guardian in the home to offer guidance, support, referrals to services, etc. 

 

Key responsibilities and accountabilities:

  1. Coordinate weekly with Supervisor - to identify any children who may benefit from teams’ intervention.
  2. Prepare the list each week; identify any possible hazards that may be at the address (restraining orders, violent offenders, etc), coordinate priority of visits, and be prepared to give synopsis of situation to rest of team.
  3. Provide list to police officer so that he/she may also look over for possible hazards.
  4. Screen police reports each week to identify any incident reports that may involve children who could benefit from teams’ intervention.
  5. Conduct home visits to families on prepared list once per week with rotating team of clergy and officers.
  6. Coordinate any services that may be needed for family (mental/physical health, therapeutic, mentoring, after school activities, etc)
  7. Continuously check-in with families and ensure successful referrals were made. If not identify why and assist family in completing referral.
  8. Coordinate with Lead Social Worker to ensure grant requirements are being met.
  9. At end of night team to meet and debrief to discuss night’s events and coordinate follow up plan for each family.

 

Interested applicants should email a cover letter and resume as an attachment to Sarah Stewart at sstewart@brocktonpolice.com

 

 

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